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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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